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Parx Music Fiesta is an event organized by Hrishikesh Kannan which usually involves a musical contest, a band battle for independent underground musicians from the country. The fest took place at Raymond Ground, Thane in Mumbai on 19th and 20th November, this year. The artist line up included HP14 (01:00 p.m.),Panic (01:30 p.m.), Skulptr (02:00 p.m.), White Vinyl (02:30 p.m.), Swarathma (03:00 p.m.) ,Indian Ocean(04:00 p.m.) ,Underground authority X Nikitha Gandhi (05:30 p.m.) ,Benny Dayal (07:00 p.m) and Salim-Sulaiman(08:30 p.m.) on 19th (Saturday) and Daira (02:45 p.m.), Parvaaz (03:45 p.m.), When Chai Met Toast (04:45 p.m.), Euphoria (05:45 p.m.), Papon (07:00 p.m.) and Amit Trivedi (08:30 p.m.) on 20th (Sunday).  The winners of the band contest included Panic (East-Zone), White Vinyl (West Zone), The HP14 (North Zone) and Skulptr (South Zone).  The beverage partner for the event was Asia's and India's first meadery, Moonshine. There was also an arrangement for easy means...

The NH7 Weekender is a three-day multi-genre concert tour organized by Only Much Louder (OML) and presented by Bacardi Experiences, in Pune, Maharashtra and is considered to be one of the biggest South-Asian music fests in the world because of the massive lineups it comes up with, every time.  The event for this year is going to take place from 25th to 27th November. The artist lineup on the first day includes Dirty Loops as the headliner and Bloodywood (folk metal), Gutslit (extreme metal), Jhalli, Kraken, Many Roots Ensemble, Pacifist, Peekay, Raman Negi, Shreyas Iyengar, Tejas, The Down Troddence, The F16s, Tiny Fingers, Trees For Toothpicks and Velvet Meets A Time Traveller.  On the second day, we have The Lumineers as the headlining act, along with other artists : Dappest + adL, Darshan Doshi Trio Ft. Hashbass and Rickraj Nath, Dohnraj and The Peculiars, Easy Wanderlings, Fox In The Garden, MC Altaf (Live), Parek and Singh, PAV4N, Reble, Rudy Mukta, Saachi and Yashraj...

The Swara Samrat Festival is an all-India musical tour dedicated to the birth anniversary of legendary Bengali-Hindustani classical musician and Sarod exponent, Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. Spanning four cities, Kolkata, Delhi, Mumbai and Bengaluru, the Concert is an initiative of Shree Ranjani Foundation Trust, powered by Incredible India and sponsored by Oil and Natural Gas Corporation, Indian Oil, Bharat Petroleum and Hindustan Petroleum, co-sponsored by Senco Golds and Diamonds, Tata Steel, Tata Trynox Safes and Lockers, Life Insurance Corporation, Gainwell, State Bank Of India, Tata Me Talks, Peerless Hospital, Techno India University, Caring Minds, India Power and JIS Group.  The Kolkata-chapter of the event is going to take place at Nazrul Mancha, Southern Avenue from 15th December to 18th December and will involve musical geniuses from far and wide.  The programme is supposed to begin from 5p.m. on the first and second day and from 2p.m. on the rest two days. On 15th, the per...

Lollapalooza is an annual four-day multi-genre music festival that takes place in Grant Park, Chicago, that started as a tour in the year 1991.  Transcending boundaries of history, culture, language and geography, it brings together music lovers since Perry Farrell, the frontman of the rock band, Jane's Addiction laid the founding pillars in the 90s. Already spanning across seven countries : USA, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, France and Sweden, for three decades, it makes its maiden voyage to India on January 28 and 29th, next year, at Mahalaxmi Race Course, Mumbai.  The event is presented by Budweiser 0.0 Non-Alcoholic Beer and Johnnie Walker Refreshing Mixer (Non-Alcoholic), powered by Levi's and Bumble,  C3 Presents and Book My Show Live, supported by Maharashtra Tourism and the media partners include Mirchi, PVR and 94.3 Radio One International. The line-up includes forty famous acts from India as well as worldwide : Imagine Dragons, The Strokes, AP Dhillon, Gret...

   I-Rock has quite a history. It launched bands. It created legends. It defied the authorities. It shaped the music of many generations. And now, it’s back in a whole new avatar, ready to do its thing once again. From saluting yesterday's headliners to giving a stage to tomorrow's Welcome to Independence Rock 2022 I-Rock has quite a history. It launched bands. It created legends. It defied the authorities. It shaped the music of many generations. And now, it’s back in a whole new avatar, ready to do its thing once again. From saluting yesterday's headliners to giving a stage to tomorrow's Welcome to Independence Rock 2022 The Mahindra Independence Rock Festival, organised by Farhad Wadia is supposed to commence on 4th - 6th of November, this year at Bayview Lawns, Mumbai, India with Pentagram, Zero, Bloodywood, Thaikuddam Bridge and As We Keep Searching performing on the first day and Parikrama, Indus Creed, Avial, Parvaaz and The F'16S on the second day. The event...

The very idea of The Pit came up in 2009 when the Kolkata metal circuit was in its nascent stage and the bands like In Human, Chronic Xorn, Yonsample, DIOTB and other people who loved the genre came together to form a metal community where people would pour in to dive into the spirit of music. It was a time when restaurants and bars never allowed metal bands to perform live and gigs didn't take place as frequently as it happens now. The Pit started as a self sponsored event and the first five volumes took place in Tapan Theatre, the first three volumes being free gigs. People came together in huge numbers to support the artists and the genre as a whole. The theatre was bursting at the seams with a crowd of more than 400 metallers from the city and outside headbanging to their fullest amidst the gothic dimly lit non air-conditioned theatre hall which usually staged plays and other cultural events. The Pit - The Legacy is back again with its tenth volume, after three year break due t...

  Ksetravid is a Modern Metal/Tech Death band based in Bangalore, India.  With Siddhant Sarkar on vocals, Pritam Middey on guitars, Arunav Bhattacharjee on bass and Nikhil Rajkumar on drums. They released the official lyric video of their debut original composition named "Man Made Crisis" via the famous record label "The Circle Pit" on 16th July, last year, which gained over 7.2K views on You Tube. The song speaks of the negative effects of some beliefs and values that society tends to institutionalize and highlights the darknesses of human existence.    The official music video of their second single, named, "Static Belief System" was released on Ksetravid's You Tube channel on 15th July, this year. The song already reached more than 2.6K people across the globe and emphasizes on reforming some of the social customs which tend to shackle us, the humans, from progressing towards a better future. The lyrics, the untiring efforts of the musicians, the ci...

Multi-Award-winning Indian Music Producer Amaal Mallik remixes Indie Artist Nikitaa's song 'Bad Trip (Sitam)'. The two musicians who have collaborated in the past for a Hindi single titled 'Zindagi Hai Abhi' are back with a Lo-Fi remix music video. Amaal Mallik elevates the song with his magic touch adding beautiful synths and samples supported by cleverly sprinkled live bass and guitars. This Lo-Fi version will definitely win hearts. Nikitaa is a Mumbai/Los Angeles (California) based Indie pop artist who has recently collaborated with Amaal Malik, the famous Indian Music director, composer and producer who won many accolades like the Filmfare Award, IIFA Award and others, in two consecutive songs "Zindagi Hai Abhi" and "Bad Trip (Sitam)". The lofi remix of the latter, which Amaal Malik voluntarily produced has been released, a week ago and already gained over 1.1Lakh views and still counting and the official music video of the original song was ...